Immigration bars and a back to the land plan clash in a column
A columnist criticizes immigration restriction and urges loosening the bars as unemployment worries persist. He cites 50 bills in Congress, praises Roosevelt on tariffs, and mentions Hopkins's land colonization program offering 20,000 families land and supplies as a test for changing immigration policy and economic revival.
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United States
Immigration Restriction League
Federal Street
Boston
Mass
Congress
America
County Teachers Exam Set for Thursday and Friday
Wempstend county to hold regular quarterly teachers exams at Washington on Thursday and Friday with license options. County examiner E E Austin noted forms sent to boards for scholastic age enumeration, due by March. Hempstead County to receive 4459.08 as its state common school fund share. Robert Wilson and Thea F P Witt elected school directors of Lopez District 1-A. 72 votes cast, 18 mill tax approved. Other districts plan elections next month.
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Wempstend
Washington
E. E. Austin
Austin
Marete
Sectin
Hempstead County
Robert Wilson
Thea FP. Witt
Lope
Union Miner Head Attacks Hydro Power Plans
John Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, denounces government subsidized hydro projects as uneconomical during the Appalachian Women Conference. He attacks the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Loup River project, claiming hydro power cannot beat coal in cost and urging workers to oppose further hydro developments.
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Washington
John Lt. Lewis
United Mine Workers of Americ
Mediusky
Dhnt Lewis
Ancuri Valley
Anata
Secretiny of the Interior
Ickes
Wilhl
Loup River
Nebraska
Heraine
Dinebusley
Broud
Oneal Magey
Faney
Fea
Loup
Caimmis- Hind
Avery Shande
Lewy River
Colerprisy
Prier
Vost
Atu
Eval
Woman Indicted as Kidnapper Brains in Kelley Case
Mrs Nellie Tipton Muench wife of Dr Ludwig Muench and four men were indicted at Clayton on a charge of kidnapping Dr L D Kelley for ransom on April 20 1931 The indicted men are Felix McDonald Bart Davis Angelo Rogegrant and John C Johnson Kelley was held captive after being lured from his home on a fake sick call The Muench dress shop owner is described as the brains behind the kidnapping
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ST. Louis
Nellie Tipton Muench
Ludwig O. Muench
Clayton
LD. Kelley
Felix McDonald
Bart Davis
Angelo Rogegrant
John C. Johnson
Kelley
Muench
Bantrupt
State School Funds Apportioned and New Teacher Rules
The State Board of Education apportioned 268,572.47 in common school funds to 653,711 children across 75 counties and approved revised teacher certification rules. A three-year elementary certificate requires one year of college work, with 30 semester hours, and renewals updated. county certificates renew with minimal requirements and different renewal paths exist for four and five year certificates. The new Blue Book will be available soon and vouchers will be sent to county treasurers within five days.
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Little Rock
State Board of Education
Arkansas
Bankhead vection control debate resumes in House
WASTINGTON Texas officials and federal leaders met at a White Horse conference to finalize arrangements for intermediate credit banks to supply capital for small business. The talks involved President Roosevelt, the Federal Reserve Board governor, and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau as the deadline for passage slipped to Wednesday.
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Dole
Washington
U/PI
Priddate Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
Avernor Black
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Four Days Left to Assess Taxes at Hope City Hall
John W. Ridgdill announced Tuesday that only four days remain to assess taxes on farm land and personal property. After Saturday the assessor’s office moves to Washington, urging property holders in this section to complete assessments before the deadline to avoid a rush.
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City Hall
Hope
John W. Ridgdill
Washington
Program for Visiting Day at Fruit & Truck Station
The spring visiting day program at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station on Friday March 16 offers talks on primis spraying fertilizing and management with horticultural adjustments by Dean Dan T Grey and Roy Reithut. Prof J I Cooper will present a landscape gardening demonstration for the women section and a log sawing contest during noon. Transportation will be provided to tour the farm and visitors may bring their families for the day with many expected attendees from southwest Arkansas.
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Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
G. W. Ware
Hirst Hanel
College of Agriculture and Extension Spcial
Dan T. Grey
College of Agriculture
Roy Reith
J. i. Cooper
Uemons
Arhgneas
Wright and Lindbergh to Study Army Aviation
Secretary of War named a committee led by Major General Drum to study the army’s mail carrying and aviation needs. Orville Wright Charles A. Lindbergh and Clarence Chamberlin join as aeronautical authorities to review navigation instruments lighting beacon and radio controlled flights and training for cross country night instrument flying.
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Washington
Department of War
Orville Wright
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
Hugh A. Drum
Legion to Observe Birthday Thursday
The Leslie Huddleston post and the Auxiliary mark the 11th anniversary of the American Legion with a Thursday meeting at city hall starting 8 o clock. Founded March 15, 1919, the post will host Legionnaires and former service men, with Mrs. Arthur Swanke as Auxiliary president and Dewey Hendrix as post commander.
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Leslie Huddleston
Auxiliary
American Legion
Arthur Swanke
Dewey Hendrix
Carolina Kidnaper Is Put to Death
Robbert J. Wiles was electrocuted at the state penitentiary in Columbia for kidnapping and killing Hubbard H. Harris, a Columbia schoolboy. He confessed, said he acted alone, and greeted witnesses with a cheery greeting before the current ended his life, four minutes after the first shock. He aimed to extort $1000 from the boy’s father, a grocery executive.
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Columbia
S. C
J. Wiles
State Penitentiary
Hubbard H. Harris
Tom
Wiles
Oshaided
Cub
Hubbard
Government rehab plan to aid 120000 Southern families
In Atlanta, federal relief chief Harry Hopkins outlined a rehabilitation program for rural destitute families in the South. About 120000 families would gain small parcels of land, a decent house, livestock, and cash, with Public Works Administration support for rural industry and farm districts. The plan shifts CWA tasks to ERCA and uses county and state boards to set wage scales, aiming for back-to-the-land restoration and broad relief beyond emergency aid.
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Harry Hopkins
America
Atlanta
South
Roosevelt
Famaica
Dégent
Children Warned Not to Kill Birds in Hope City
Mayor Ruff Boyett issued a warning to amateur hunters using air guns and sling shots within Hope city limits for ruthlessly killing birds. He citedordinance 196 with fines up to $24 and warned police would arrest offenders to bring them before the municipal court. Residents of Ward Three filed complaints prompting the action.
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Ruff Boyett
Corporation of Hope
Boyelt
Douglas Pairbanks and Mary Pickford Near Reconciliation
Hollywood’s famed couple have largely patched their differences after recent transatlantic talks. An Associated Press informant says reunion on their old marriage basis is nearly assured, with Fairbanks planning a U.S. return in two to three months after Europe film work. The Ashley divorce case briefly caused a delay, but relations have improved.
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Associated Press London
Douglas Pairbanks
Mary Pickford
Associated Press
Pairbanks
Miss Pickford
Fairbanks
United States
Europe
Hollywood
Penrite
Lord’ Ashley
Faibanks
Ashley
Shortest railroad in Ohio sparks local interest
A 15 mile railroad in Ohio is believed to be the shortest in the country. Other railroads are so brief they cannot pay bond interest, the Goose Creek Daily Sun reports.
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Oho
Humpht
Goose Creek
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange New York
Cotton prices drift with May and July contracts as May falls from prior close. New Orleans market shows bids and closes varied by grade. Grain bids mix for Wheat Corn and Oats while key stock quotes list major firms and industrials. livestock and poultry prices stable to rising for select breeds. eggs per dozen and turkeys noted.
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Chicago
American Can
American Smelter Am. Tel
Anacyondis
Chrysler
General Motors
Missouri Pacific
Socopy Vacuum
Standard Oil
N. J
U. S&s. Steel
Little Rock
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